Archive for Business Leaders

Roberto Santiago is the owner of one of the largest malls in the world known as Manaira Shopping Mall. The mall is located at the center of Joao Pessoa. He is a recognized entrepreneur in all of Brazil. He started his profession by starting a company which made boxes and sold to other companies and businesses to use for selling their products. After some years of successful stint in this business, Roberto Santiago had saved money enough to enable him to buy a plot of land at the center of Joao Pessoa. He built a mall on that land and officially opened it 1989. Since the time of its opening, the mall has remained an attraction site for the city residents and people from neighboring cities and towns. The Manaira Shopping Mall has been expanded over time, today, it does offer not only retail services and restaurants but also a university and a vast modern hall known as Domus Hall that can accommodate 8,000 individuals. The hall has attracted many cultural events in the city due to its enormous size and its advanced technology enhancement.

The Hall was completed in 2009; the hall is made of two levels, the lower level, and the upper level. The lower level is used to host private events while the upper level is used to organize public events. The mall is the largest in the city of Joao Pessoa and the nation. The top level has a capacity of 8,000. Most people hire the lower level to host business conferences, weddings, and other private events. The upper level is used to hold cultural events, exhibitions, plays, fairs, concerts, music and much more. Before the establishment of the Domus hall, the city had never attracted such events. The hall is famous among the Brazilian citizens and the people of Paraiba state.

Manaira Shopping Mall has fantastic food courts, Roberto Santiago has ensured that the food court has a choice for every visitor to the mall. The mall also has entertainment options for everyone, with a movie theatre and an enormous arcade area where people can play games. The mall has banks within its location, spas, salons, different clothing brands, electronics, furniture, and much more. It is a retail environment with something for everyone. There are also regular events that attract people into the mall. Most people have made the mall their stopping place in a routine to enjoy themselves and shop. The mall has enough parking space to accommodate its visitors. The safety of the visitors is also guaranteed within the mall and its surrounding. Roberto Santiago has an expansive knowledge about the Brazilian people and the nation, he is, therefore, able to leverage on his understanding of their culture and do a business that can attract and satisfy the Brazilian people

Angel investor, entrepreneur and healthcare technology pioneer Ara Chackerian, who has worked in the health technology field for more than two decades, is also committed to protecting and improving the natural environment.

After graduating from Florida State University with his Bachelor’s Degree, Ara Chackerian worked for several years in various positions at health services companies.

One of the most significant outpatient psychiatry groups, TMS Health Solutions offers an option for patients who do not respond to medication for mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and more as the company specializes in healing for those with treatment-resistant depression.

Founded in 2007, the company is the main provider of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy, a drug-free, non-continual therapy that is handed out on an outpatient basis in a physician’s office. The company also makes available psychopharmacology services to patients who struggle with disorders such as anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD and more.

In just two years, TMS Health Solutions has built seven new facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento region with plans for regional expansion throughout Northern California. The facilities provide a consult room and a TMS treatment room.

In addition, the San Francisco-based entrepreneur also co-founded Nicaragua-based Limonapa Teak, a teak farm that creates hundreds of jobs for the regional community. For more details visit tmshealthsolutions.com

Chackerian plays an active role in board memberships which include TMS Health Partners, Mint Medical Education, Juma Ventures, Pipeline Healthcare, the Hatlen Center for the Blind and more. He also supports multiple non-profits that spotlight education and advancement for youth.

At first glance, Hussain Sajwani might seem typical of a billionaire Middleastern oil baron, except for the fact that Mr. Sajwani did not amass his wealth directly from oil. His fortune has come from real estate, and the most interesting part of the story is that he started literally from scratch without so much as a building.

Soon after he was out of college, he had established a company called Global Logistic Services which was a food service company providing meals for the United States Army during the Gulf Wars along with the giant Bechtel construction firm and other American construction companies in the region.

Sajwani credits that experience with the acquisition of the skills of operating a large company in several different geographic locations. He also made some very significant contacts with high-level individuals in several different countries who would prove to be very helpful along the way.

In 2002, the climate in the UAE and Dubai changed because the Emirates had eliminated the restriction on foreign nationals owning property and living in the UAE. Sajwani saw the opportunity of a growing real estate market so he founded DAMAC Properties, a real estate investment, and management company.

It is clear that from the very beginning, Sajwani had the ability to apply ultra-effective marketing and promotional techniques in the advertising of his new enterprise. Such slogans as, “A New Bently For Each Apartment,” certainly got the ball rolling very fast. It was not long before the DAMAC name became well-known for excellent work and fair prices. Stressing high-end luxury apartments was something that no one else was doing and it quickly became a big hit, because many of the people coming into Dubai and the Emirates were well-to-do.

Today, DAMAC has been lauded by Forbes as the fastest growing company in the region and one of the most respected. With luxurious accommodations with sumptuous Italian Versace and Bugatti styling, it is no wonder that DAMAC became the company with whom people could make the best investment. Hussain Sajwani has become the main example of how ingenuity and hard work can make the best happen for everybody.

There are very few big names in the field of finance and banking in Brazil. Banco Bradesco is one of the few notable banks that have stood tall in the face of their competition to emerge as one of the top banks in the country. The company has had some of the most influential people in the field of finance working amongst their ranks. Luiz Carlos Trabuco is one such notable member of the company who is known to have an incredible influence on the financial industry in Brazil. Earlier this month, Bradesco came forward to state that Luiz Carlos Trabuco will be taking over the position of President of the company. He will be taking over from Márcio Cypriano, who was one of the most influential people in the company. He had an incredible contribution to the company, and now is leaving the fate of the company in the hands of Luiz Carlos Trabuco.

Luiz Carlos Trabuco is considered to be an essential member of the company. He has an excellent knowledge of the market conditions and knows the internal functioning of the company exceptionally well. Through the course of his career, he has proved time and again that he can lead a company into a profitable direction.

Bradesco has always had the policy which mandates that executives have to retire at the age of sixty-five. However, the company has made exceptions in the past and will do so once again for Luiz Carlos Trabuco, who was set to retire this year. The board of directors has decided to give him an extension so that he can take up the position of President for the benefit of the company. Another tradition that the company follows is that of nominating people from within the ranks to take up higher positions. All of the people working in executive positions at the company have been working with Bradesco for a considerable amount of time. The company does this to ensure that they have the very best working at their higher positions, and have people who understand the company in great depth to take it further in the direction of development.

Luiz Carlos Trabuco started working at Bradesco when he was still a teenager. He began working as a bank clerk, who then graduated to better positions at the company. He worked hard to climb the corporate ladder and ultimately was made the financial executive of one of the investment branches of Bradesco. He then got transferred over to the main headquarters of Bradesco and began working as one of the people leading the company. He has constantly developed through the course of his career, bettering his skills and expertise as he goes along the way.

Having worked in every aspect of the company, Luiz Carlos Trabuco understands where the company needs to develop, and where their potential lies according to globo.com. This, coupled with his leadership skills makes financial analysts believe that Bradesco is being left in good hands.

Bradesco currently stands at the number two spot amongst private banks in Brazil. The company has played an incredible role in the banking system in the country and has had an incredible history of over seventy-four years. The bank is operational in almost every part of Brazil, with several banks and branches all over the country. The company has several thousands of employees working to keep the banks functional all over. As the leader to these employees, Luiz Carlos Trabuco has a lot resting on his shoulders but is bound to lead the company in a favorable direction owing to his experience that he has in the field of finance and banking.

Sawyer Howitt is one of the dedicated businessmen that knows the skills and how to run the business successfully. His feature of entrepreneurship started at his tender age, and he has developed an understanding on how to link various requirement of the firm with perfection. The nature of his spirit in the world of business has different brands that connect the need of the customers with the services provided. He works with the philosophy of a business oriented person with a lot of resilience and takes all jobs worth being exploited to make earning out of it.

Sawyer as an entrepreneur at taken much of his time is studying finance. He believes that there is a close relationship between financial operation and successful running of the business. This move has earned him a post of project manager at Meriwether Group. Most of the implementation of his businesses are borne out of deep research in the field of business. According to him, the goals of the company should be crafted to fit current trends in the world of technology for the firm to reach the required niche.

Sawyer has also extended his hand in support to the community. His exemplary work as a philanthropist has pushed for the change in the youths’ lives through the mentorship programs by imparting them with the required skills in the field of investment. Aside from that, he has also raised his voice in fighting for the equality and women rights in the society. Through this, he became a leading leader in the forefront in many study groups that cut across the globe in serving the needs of the clients.

Sawyer Howitt urges to expand his territory as a businessman has pushed him to learn more about new financial skills. He has enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley in a degree program in Entrepreneurial Finance. As an aggressive investor, he believes that this will enable him to boost his chances to succeed in his ventures. The direction that Sawyer takes in his investments is well stated in the goals that are crafted by professionals.

Houses or buildings are like any other man-made object; at some point, they will require maintenance and upkeep. Damage can happen because of weather, carelessness or by any other unforeseen event. The bottom line is that the house will need to be repaired no matter what the cause. However, this is your home we are talking about, therefore you will need someone who knows their way around the job to do things properly. A company such as Aloha Construction is a prime example. House related maintenance can get tricky and complicated which means you will need a company that you can trust.

Aloha Construction Inc. has earned the trust of residents in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois, for more than a decade. This is a company that has successfully completed over 18,000 repair jobs in this amount of time. Aloha construction offers a number of repair services in Lake Zurich and surrounding areas. The company excels in door and window services, gutters, sidings roofs. Aloha Construction is a proud to call itself a family owned business and also because it earned an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau (BBB).

Are you facing a financial crunch that is keeping you from making the move? Is your insurance company refusing to help out with home repairs? After all, nobody likes to live with a leaky roof or a door that won’t close properly. If that’s the case, then Aloha Construction can help you with financing through their partnership with Synchrony Financial. The customer service department will advise you on what would be the best plan to get things done. Residents of Lake Zurich, Round Lake Beach, Libertyville, Lake Villa, Wauconda, Hoffman Estates, Vernon Hills are just a few of the towns that Aloha Construction serves.

There is no doubt about the fact that Hussain Sajwani owned DAMAC group dominates the property landscape in Dubai. Founded by Hussain Sajwani back in 2002 the DAMAC Group has interests in residential, leisure and commercial property development in Dubai and other parts of the Middle East. What’s highly interesting is the fact that Hussain Sajwani and the DAMAC group have in the past collaborated with the Trump Organization in developing the Trump International Golf Club that saw sales of $2 billion worth of luxury villas.

In fact, as Donald Trump himself is not going to be involved in his business anymore since becoming President, it is Sajwani’s relations with the Trump children –daughter Ivanka, and sons Eric and Donald Jr. which are in focus. The origin of the success of the DAMAC Group lies not in property but in getting involved in food services during Operation Desert Storm in the 1990s. In fact, the group has worked for Americans across the world-Somalia, Bosnia and of course the Gulf.

Even before that in the 1980s, the Hussain Sajwani family was involved in the food business supplying catering services to workers employed in the Abu Dhabi energy sector. He decided to get into the Dubai property market just at the start of a year six-year boom in 2002, and the rest is history.

Hussain Sajwani and the DAMAC group have interests other than core business. Charity, in fact, is a top priority for the team. This was in evidence recently when Hussain Sajwani wrote a check of AED two million to a campaign that seeks to clothe a million children around. The charitable initiative was inaugurated by none other than His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minster and Ruler of Dubai.

The growth trajectory of Hussain Sajwani, DAMAC owner, a graduate of the University of Washington, who started his working life as a Contracts Manager in GASCO to becoming the founder and chairman of the DAMAC Group is indeed a remarkably inspirational one. Going forward one can expect the group to obtain even greater heights than it already has. This will certainly be watched by interest in the Middle East and beyond.